It is rare that a jazz musician is just a jazz musician. In order to survive you almost always have to have another gig, teach, or work in some auxiliary role to your music life. A musician who ...

Known for her vast sonic palette, she made her mark playing with the saxophone master Lou Donaldson and also had a prolific solo career. By Alex Williams Akiko Tsuruga, a jazz virtuoso known for ...

René Marie, vocals: Friday, Sept. 1, 6 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 3, 8:30 p.m. Tia Fuller, saxophone: Friday, Sept. 1, 9:30 p.m. Akiko Tsuruga, B3 organ: Saturday, Sept ...

KALAMAZOO -- After a dynamic one-hour show Friday at the Civic Theatre, it appeared that jazz organist Trudy Pitts was just warmed up. Pitts channeled Dorothy Donnegan and Jimmy Smith -- her ...

The splashy swing of a classic organ trio can generate some of the most deeply soulful experiences in the genre of jazz. Award-winning, New York-based organist Brian Charette is bringing that ...

This year’s Jazz @the Point Fest is dubbed the Jazz Organ Summit, and celebrates how the Hammond organ filtered its way into the annals of jazz from its 1930s roots primarily as a church instrument.